Register for grain weighing and measuring machines



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

v. WEBER.

REGISTER FOR GRAIN WEIGHING AND MEASURING MACHINES. N0. 518,083.Patented Apr. 10, 1894.

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V. WEBER.

REGISTER FOR GRAIN WEIGHING AND MEAsURING MACHINES. No. 518,083.Patented Apr. 10, 1894.

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VALENTIN WEBER, OF PRINOEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

REGISTER FOR GRAlN WEIGHING AND MEASURING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part (if Letters Patent No. 518,083, dated April10, 1894.

Application filed January 6, 1893. Serial No. 457,448. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VALENTIN WEBER, a c tizen of the United States,residing at Princeville, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinols,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registers for GrainWeighing and Measuring Machines, of which the followmg is aspecification.

This invention relates to registers for antomatically indicating numbersor quantities of any kind, but which are designed more especially forregistering rotations of parts, or reciprocating movements of parts,such for instance as the movements of an automatically operating grainweighing hopper, or the rotations of a shaft which rotations are timedwith the movements of such grain hopper.

The object of the improvement herein specified is to provide a registerin which no springs are used, in which the dial carrying.

Wheels are locked against forward or backward movement, except at theproper time to be moved, which wheels will be positive in theirmovements, and in their rests and therefore perfectly accurate in theirindications, which are connected with the driving shaft in such manneras to facilitate resetting the registering wheels, and which are at thesame time simple and strong in their construction, economicofmanufacture, and not liableto get out of order.

The novel means employed in carrying out the objects of my invention,are hereinafter described, and made the subject matter of the claimshereto appended.

The preferred construction of parts, and organization thereof areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a topplan of an inclosing case in which the operating parts of the registerare mounted; Fig. 2, a top plan of the registering mechanism, and of thecase with its lid removed; Fig. 3, a plan of the registering Wheels ordisks, shown in same relative positions as shown at Fig. 2, but seenfrom below, or looking upward; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the workingparts, and sectional ele- Vation of the case in line 4-4, in Fig. 2;Fig.

5, a sectional elevation of the case and working parts in line 5-5, inFig. 2 Fig. 6, a side elevation of the tens-wheel, as seen in thedirection indicated by the arrow 00, at Fig. 3; Fig. 7, a side elevationof the units-wheel, as seen in the direction indicated by the arrow y,at Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a top plan of the means shown for engaging theunits-wheel with a rotating shaft; Fig. 9, a top plan of the adjacentparts of the units-wheel and tens-wheel when in such relative positionsas to interengage, to permit of the units-wheel partially rotating thetens-wheel.

In describing the different figures of the drawings, it has been assumedthat the register is mounted on any desired mechanism, with the faceside uppermost as shown at Fig. 1. It may be mounted however with suchface side in elevation or otherwise, and is fixed in place in anordinary manner, by the bolts a, which pass through the feet a whichproject from the case A. The case A is of ordinary construction, with ahinged lid a which affords access to its interior, has provision a for alock, and has apertures a through which readings may be taken from thegraduated dials or faces on the wheels B, O, D,'which rotate in thedirection shown by the arrows at Fig. 2. The units-wheel B has a tubularstud b on its under side, which is journaled in a bearing aisee Fig.5,in the bottom part of the case A, and has a lug or tappet 6' see Fig.2 projecting from near the lower side of its peripheral wall b above orover which is a recess or aperture 5 in said wall see Figs. 3, 5, and7-the wheel B preferably, but not necessarily being hollow, as shown.The upper surface or dial of the units-wheel B is graduated or markedcircularly into ten regular intervals, which are designatedconsecutively with the numerals or figures 0 to 9, in an ordinarymanner, as shown. A pair of lugs e are fixed to and project inwardlyfrom one side of the wheel B, and a similar pair e project inwardly fromthe diametrically opposite side of said wheel. A cross-shaped block F,see Figs. 2 and 8, fits snugly in the interspaces between the lugs e, 6see Figs. 2 and 9, and has a hole in which the drive shaft f is held bya set screwf. The shaft f also passes through the tubular stud b. Theshaft f is thus connected by means of the block F and set screw f withthe units-wheel and may be geared in any ordinary manner with a grainmeter or other maoea device so as to be ope ated thereby, and therebyoperate the registering mechanism. By loosening the set screw f theshaft f may be readily and easily removed, or by removing the bolts athe entire registering mechanism and case may be removed withoutdisturbing the shaftf. The block F may also be removed when theset-screw is removed.

If preferred a ratchet mechanism, or any other ordinary device or tripmay be used to transmit motion from either a rotating or reciprocatinggrain measurer as the case may be or other device to the units-wheel.Such intermediate devices being so common and well known it is notdeemed necessary to show them in the drawings.

The tens-wheel C, is journaled on a stud a which projects upwardly fromthe bottom of the case A, and has a circular series of numerals orfigures from 0 to 9 on its dial face, marking its graduations in thesame manner as the units-wheel. An annular flange 0 projects from thelower part of the periphery of the wheel 0, and has a series of ten lugsc projecting downwardly from-its lower side, a number corresponding withthe number of graduations on the dial of said wheel. The lugs c arelocated in and revolve in the same plane of revolution as the lug ortappet b. The flange c has also a series of ten indentations 0 or oneindentation to each lug c and these indents are curved to have aconformity of outline with the periphery of the wheel B, as shown bestat Fig. 2. Points 0 are formed by the union of the indentations c. Asthe units-wheel B is rotated the circular series of numerals on its dialwill be exposed successionally, at the opening a which is in the path oftheir revolution, and readings can be taken in the ordinary mannertherefrom. At each rotation of the wheel 13, its tappet b will come incontact with one of the lugs c of the tens-wheel O and move thetens-wheel the one tenth of a complete rotation, and thus bring thefigures on its dial successionally beneath the opening a which is in thepath of their revolutions, whereby readings can be made in the ordinarymanner, each numeral indicating a complete rotation of the units- Wheel.The periphery of the units wheel fitting, as it does, in an adjacentindentation 0 of the flange c, of the tens-wheel, as shown at Fig. 2,will permit free rotation of the units-wheel, while movement eitherforward or backward of the tens-wheel will by the same means beprevented, and the tens wheel thus be held locked against movement untilthe tappet 6' comes in contact with one of the lugs c and gives thenecessary one tenth of a rotation to the tens-wheel, and which partialrotation is permitted by the adjacent point 0 following the tappet b atthat moment, passing into the recess 6 as shown at Fig. 9. Immediatelyafter the tens-wheel movement takes place, as described, anotherindentation 0 contacts the periphery of the units-wheel and again locksand holds the tens-wheel againstforward orbacltward movement until thetappet b isagain brought into engagement with one of the lugs o and amovement of the tens-wheel again takes place as hereinbefore described.

Above the flange c of the tens-wheel C and in the same radial plane asone of the points 0 is a recess 0 in the periphery of the wheel G, andabove the recess 0' and in the same radial plane is a radiallyprojecting tappet c, which recess and tappet interact with parts of thehundreds-wheel D in 1mparting rotations thereto as hereinafterdescribed.

The hundreds-wheel D is jonrnaled on a stud d which projects from thebottom ofthe case A and has its dial face graduated circularly and thegraduations numbered from O to 9, as shown, and in the same manner asthe tens-wheel, and the units-wheel, and 50 located that the numerals 0to 9 will pass sue cessionally beneath the opening a which is over theirpath as they are revolved by the rocations of the wheel D. An annularflange (1 projects from the lower part of the periphery of the wheel D,in a plane above the flange 0 of the wheel 0, and this flange has aseries of ten indentations d or one indentation to each lug d of aseries of ten lugs which project radially from the periphery of thewheel D above the flange d, and in the same plane of rotation as thetappet o on the wheel 0. The indentations d are connected by points d Ateach rotation of the wheel 0 its tappet a will come in contact with oneof the lugs d and give the wheel D a partial rotation or one tenth of acomplete rotation, and thereby bring one of the indicating numerals onits dial face beneath the overlying aperture ct".

At the moment that the tappet c is in contact with a lug d one of thepoints d will pass into the recess 0 and thereby permit such partialrotation of the wheel D,said wheel D being held or locked againstforward or backward movement during all other parts of the rotation ofthe wheel 0 by means of its in dentations (Z which have a conformity of.outline with the periphery of the wheel C and rest against saidperiphery for the purpose of locking the wheel D, in the same manner asthe indentations 0 rest against the periphery of the wheel B to lock thewheel C at the proper time. After the register has been used, or thewheels B, O, D, rotated in any manner, and before again using theregister, the wheels can be readily, easily and quickly reset orreplaced, with the figure O on each of the dials in such position as torest beneath its respective aperture a, as follows: The lid a beingfirst opened,the wheels 0 and D can be lifted out of or removed from thecase A. The shaft f then being also free for movement endlong of itself,can be so moved, to raise the block F out of its seat in the lugs e, e,and thus free the wheel 13, which can then be rotated by hand to bringits 0 mark into proper position; The shaft f is then moved in anopposite direction to reseat the block F in the lugs e, e. The wheels 0and D are then replaced in proper positions, and the lid a being thenclosed will hold them and the shaft f against movement transversely oftheir planes of rotation, while permitting them to rotate when actuatedby the shaft f, as hereinbefore de scribed.

Itwill be seen that by the means described the dial wheels can beaccurately and properly reset, after use and before using again, tocommence registering at the lowest number, without removal of any setscrews or other similar parts, and without the use of wrenches, screwdrivers or other tools of any kind. It will be evident that the block Fmay be of different forms, its essential requirement being that it. ismultisided, or oblong in horizontal section, and is seated in acorrespondingly shaped seat in the unitswheel, from which it can beremoved with the shaft fas described, and so that it will rotate theunits-wheel in unison with the shaft f.

The readings of the dial indications are made in the ordinary manner anddo not require description herein.

.Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a register, and in combination substantially as hereinbeforedescribed, a units wheel having an aperture b in its periphery, a tappetb projecting from its periphery, and lugs e, e, at its central part, adrive shaft f projecting into the units wheel and provided with a block,as F, fixed thereto, and removably seated in the lugs e, e',a tens wheelhaving an annular flange c with indentations c lugs c and aperture 0 anda hundreds wheel having lugs d and an annular flange d with indentationsd in its outer edge, whereby the hundreds wheels and the tens wheel maybe removed, and the units wheel and said tens wheel and hundreds wheelthen reset substantially as described.

2. In a register, and in combination substantially as hereinbeforedescribed, with a units wheel having lugs e and e, a multisided block,as F, removably seated in a correspondingly shaped interspace betweensaid lugs,a drive shaft, as f, to which said block is fixed, wherebysaid block and shaft can be removed from the units wheel for resettingsaid whee], substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VALEN'IIN WEBER.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH GERMAN, Soo'rr WEAVER.

